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. To all whom it may concern A l. MARGARET Bunnies, orRANDQLPHlcouN'rY.1in3mini HAND-MACHrNE Foa SPINNING woor..

Specification of Letters :Patent No. 8,130, dated June 8, 1851. l

. Be it knownthatI, MARGAiir I-ILINGS,

of the county `ofRandolph and State ofl Indiana, have invented a new and useful Improvement in `a`1 `Machine` for. Spinningl Wool by Hand, oifotherfPower; andI do herebydeclare that the following isfa full,` clear, and exact description of theconstruC-` tion and operationofthe same, reference being had to the annexed drawings, mak-ing i a part of this specification, the same letters i .referring to the same.. things in the `diiferent` figures, Figure l being an isometrical view of the machineyandFiguQ an elevation of` the opposite side from that shown in Figil and showing the more important `parts and the carriage at the spindle endfQf the ma-` chine.

A the master or riving wheel having two band grooves in its face, A being the winch by-which it is set in motion, A a grooved idler upon a movable stud by means of which the band is kept tight, A" a double grooved whirl or pulley on the shaft of B the main drum which gives mot-ion to the spindle bands, C the spindle frame, D the movable and D the stationary partof the hand or clamp; E `E two lifters passing through two staples attached to D having one end hinged to the studs E` E `and the other beveled or sloped olf and so situated that they climb upon the friction rollers attached to the studs Ii" F as shown in Fig. 2. Gr a stud or stop attached to G a strip having a number of holes in it, into` any of `which G may be inserted. H a small lever hinged at'its top and so constructed that when D is raised u a smallnotch engages upon a correspon ing projection and holds up D until it is disengaged `by the lower end of H coming in contact with Gr asthe carriage recedes from the spindle end of the frame when D falls by its own gravity and resumes the position shown in Fig. 1. I, a groove wheel with a winch or handle I over which the endless band z" passes.` I`

a grooved wheel or shin attached to the stud P, I a stud attached to the frame to which one end of the band z" is attached while the other end is secured to the thumbpin vl as shown. J J J three of the four railway n wheels which support the carriage K and run upon the two ways J J. K the apron, K the table or platform under the apron, K a boxed or hollow wheel inclosinga Small ratchet wheel and hand similar to L.

`from the threads to twisted. l

`Thisiwheel "turns freely `iina` backward direction on fthe shaft of K lias the carriage `approaches the spindles, butis engaged by the ratchet` and handabove described, while `the carriage K moves in the opposite fdirection, and by means of` the-motion communicated to M` from the rack M and thence to K to move in a ,direction toward the spin dles while` the carriage moves from them,

thus passing a portion ofthe `rollsupon K" through between-Dand D" (the amount of `motion. given `to the apron being regulated by moving the rackM: back or forth,and

the` clamp'` D.is held up a corresponding `time byplacing Gr at the proper point inG) .o

.O is oneoftwo.groovedwheels upon the ""shaftiOm "which carries two arms anda small wire which serves as a trip or break" to press the yarn or thread down to `a proper i position to be wound upon the bobbinV or spool upon the spindles. Oa small weight which serves by means ofthe cordfrunning over O as shown to raise `the break or trip `allow of their being O is a treadle hinged to the frame at one side and free to` rise and fall at the opposite end a given height regulated by a pin in the frame, the movable end ofthislever `is connected with the other grooved wheel O by a cord passingover it in theopposite di- `rectionfrom thatsuspending; O so that by apressure o f the footon the lever or treadle` O isrbrought down at the `pleasure of the operator and as soon as the pressure is removed the weight O raises it up. P a stud` to support I. P a stop to prevent the car riagefrom running too far back.

The operation of my machine is as follows. Common corded wool in rolls, (the number of rolls corresponding to the number of spindles, of which I commonly make ten in the hand machine) being placed upon the apron K., the cariage being in the position shown in Fig. QVand the ends being passed through between D and D and attached to1 the spindle in the ordinary way. If the wheel I be turned in the proper direction, the carriage K will recede from the spindles at the same time the apron K will roll in a direction toward the spindles allowing a portion `of the rollsto pass through between D and D until `the wheel M leaves the rack M when the motion of the apron i `will cease, and at thesame` instant the lever .tion shown in F ig. 2,. and the threads are Wound upon the bobbins or spools upon the spindles. As the carriage approaches the spindles the wheel M runs upon the rack M and gives a motion to the boxed or hollow wheel K in a direction from the spin-y dles but as K is free to turn in this direction upon the shaft of the roller .K and as K cannot turn in this direction on account of the ratchet L and its hand no motion is given to the apron, but upon the return of the carriage a motion-in the direction toward the spindles is given to the wheel K. by the means above ydescribed and as the hand and ratchet in K" engages the shaft of K the apron is moved forward asbefore stated and feeds up the rolls. As the carriage approaches the spindles the lifters E E climb upon the rollers attached to F l? and raise the clamp D as already described. If these operations be repeated and the rolls supplied upon the apron K and the proper attachment made (which may be done by a small girl) the spinning may proceed until the bobbns are full. To operate this machine well requires one person to manage the wheels A and I and a small girl to supply the rolls.

Vhat I claim as my invention and desiie to secure by Letters Patent is- The clamp D, D, the inclined planes E, E, the lifters I?, F, the adjustable stop G, the trip H the hand and ratchet L with the hand and ratchet I M M and N, cornbined and arranged as set forth and described, or any analogous device for the pur! pose of spinning wool.

MARGARET HULINGS.

Witnesses:

ELIHU T. JOHNSON, REBECCA BLACKBURN. 

